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The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat

deeaego's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

yukiame's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

eliathereader's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? No

4.0

“Söyle ona, ben çoktan öldüm.” dedim.
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Aslında çok ilginç Kör Baykuş’u üniversite zamanlarında kütüphaneden ödünç alıp Yky çevirisinden okumuş ve hiç sevmemiştim. Bu yıl grup okuması bahanesiyle tekrar elime aldım ama bu sefer Kırmızı Kedi’yi tercih ettim. İyi ki farklı bir çeviri seçmişim çünkü okuma deneyimimi tamamen değiştirdi. Kafka tarzı karanlık, belirsiz havada bir şeyler okumayı sevenler zaten beğenecektir diye düşünüyorum. İran edebiyatının en meşhur eserlerinden. Ana karakterin uzun bir geceye oturmasıyla başlayıp hayat/ölüm hakkında düşünmesi, başına gelen veya gelmeyen tuhaf olayların yaşanması ve tamamen belirsizliğin hakim olduğu bir kitap. Yaşama derdini ve yazmanın zorunluluğunu hissettiren bir okuma aslında. Ama bu kitapta hayatın güzelliğini değil çirkinliğini, sıkıntılarını ve insanların taktığı maskelerin dağılışını okuyacağınız aklınızda bulunsun. İyi ki tekrar okumaya karar vermişim böylece Sadık Hidayet’le barışmış oldum. 

kabornman's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A very trippy book - reminded me of You Dreamed of Empires. The least reliable of all narrators and the line between past and present, memory and reality, madness and sanity slowly disappears. I’d definitely like to read this again some time. 

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poloniumblood's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

radikaliseradgroda's review against another edition

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2.0

One third brilliant, two thirds unreadable. I haven't been this disappointed by a book in ages.

warejennm's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

lola88's review against another edition

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4.0

"كنتُ أريدُ وأتمنى من أعماق قلبي أن أسلِّمَ نفسي لحلم النسيان . لو كان هذا النسيان ممكنًا ، لو كان له أن يدوم ،لو أن عينيّ حين تُغمضان تذهبان فيما وراء النومِ بطيئًا في عدمٍ محضٍ فلا أحسّ بوجودي ، لو كان لوجودي كله أن يمتزج في بقعةِ حبر، في لحنِ موسيقى أو شعاع ملون ثم تكبر الأمواج والأشكال إلى حدٍّ يجعلها تنمحي تمامًا وتختفي ،لوصلتُ إلى مُرادي" .

"إنني من فرط ما رأيت من أمور متناقضه وما سمعت من كلام متنوع ، ومن كثرةِ ما حكَّ بصرُ عيني سطحَ الأشياء المختلفه-هذه القشرةَ الرقيقه والصلبه التي تختفي الروح تحتها ، لم أعد الآن أصدّق شيئًا- ها أنا الآن أشكُّ في وزنِ الأشياء وبراهينها ، وفي الحقائق الواضحة الساطعة ".

"إن صحَّ أنَّ لكل امرئ نجمة في السماء ، فلا بدّ أن نجمتي نائية مظلمة ولا معنى لها، وربما لم تكن لي نجمةٌ أساسًا !".

countess_athena's review against another edition

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3.0

ذهنمو درگیر کرد
باید چندتا نقد ازش بخونم تا بتونم امتیاز بدم و ریویو بنویسم

karinlib's review against another edition

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3.0

I didn't really like this book, and I don't necessarily know why I picked it up, other than that it is a Persian classic. I gave it three stars for the effort in a new translation, and the hallucinogenic dream that I will never forget.